SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2015
Learn to identify
wild edibles locally
Join Jen from the Real Food
Co-op and Kelsey from
Homegrown on Saturday,
April 11, at 1 p.m., to learn
more about identifying and
preparing wild edibles that
grow in our area.
Attendees will learn how to
identify and prepare stinging
nettles into a soup or a pesto,
and how to identify miners let-
tuce, chickweed, wood violets,
fiddle heads, sea beans and
more.
The beautiful area of
Florence is abundant with
foods that grow in the wild.
They are easy to pick and to
prepare into amazing dishes.
Foods grown in the wild are
full of vitamins and minerals
and no effort is needed in
growing them.
Harvesting them allows
time in the woods to relax.
Many of these foods can be
found right next to many
favorite hiking trails.
Follow up this class by
attending the Spring Celebra-
tion at Homegrown Pub on
April 13, beginning at 5:30
p.m., when you can try some
of Kelsey’s food dishes using
wild edibles.
There will be a dessert auc-
tion to benefit the local school
gardens.
The Co-op is located at
1379B Rhododendron Dr., and
is open to the public Monday
through Saturday.
For more information, call
541-997 3396.
Library
Tidings
“Jackaby”
by William Ritter
Book Review by Susie Voth
clever dialogue and humorous
exchanges between an engaging
cast of characters including
Jenny (a live-in ghost), Douglas
(a duck once Jackaby’s assistant),
and Detective Charlie Cane.
Jackaby is eccentric in the
extreme from his knit cap to his
thick brown coat with the over-
stuffed pockets that falls past his
knees.
Abigail Rook is a role model
for young ladies who wish to live
on their own terms. She notices
the ordinary, mundane things that
Jackaby overlooks but that are
critical to his investigations.
Jackaby is the first in a YA
series written by local author,
William Ritter. He lives in
Springfield, teaches Language
Arts to high school students, and
this is his first book.
The second book in the series,
“Beastly Bones,” is to be pub-
lished in September 2015. I can
hardly wait!
In 1892, it isn’t seemly for
young ladies in the United
Kingdom to desire adventure.
Young ladies lead quiet lives,
concern themselves with fashion,
and get married. Abigail Rook is
not a typical young lady. She
yearns for adventure, pleading
with her father (an anthropologist
and paleontologist) to take her on
his digs. He refuses. Ultimately,
Abigail runs away from home to
seek adventure.
She finds it in New Fiddleham,
a small town in America, when
she notices an advertisement:
“Investigative services assis-
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AT THE FROG.”
and videos, and other
Of course she applies and is
library news of interest hired by R. F. Jackaby,
to the community.
Investigative Services: Unex-
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plained Phenomena Our Spec-
Kevin Mittge
ialty (also murder and mayhem).
Jackaby is able to see supernatu-
ral beings. He often aids the
police with investigations, much
to the chagrin of Inspector
Marlowe.
This fast paced book is full of
News about
the Siuslaw
Public Library
Abraham Lincoln
Town Meeting
What American wouldn’t love
to have a conversation with
Abraham Lincoln? Don’t forget
that this Saturday, April 4, at
noon, you can do just that!
Actor Steve Holgate has
brought Lincoln to life across the
nation for more than 12 years.
(541) 997-8866
Time for a new
look?
Call and make
your appointment
today. We look
forward
to seeing you!
S e e J i m f o r y o u r
A u t o S a l e s N e e d s !
351 Laurel
Old Town Florence
541-997-3160
2150 Hwy. 101 • Florence
(541) 997-3475 • 1-800-348-3475
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Wednesday
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Prizes will be awarded to first, second,
and third place winners!
Pre-registration is suggested.
Drink and food specials and door
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Breaking Chains:
Slavery in Oregon
Author R. Gregory Nokes will
be at the library on Tuesday,
April 14, at 1 p.m., to discuss
his book “Breaking Chains:
Slavery on Trial in the Oregon
Territory.”
Missouri slaves Robin and
Polly Holmes, and their children,
are brought to Oregon by their
owner over the Oregon Trail,
expecting to soon be freed in a
region closed to slavery.
But slaveholder Nathaniel
Ford ignores the law and keeps
them in bondage. Despite being
illiterate and with the odds
stacked against him, Holmes
takes his former master to court
in an attempt to free his family.
Learn what happened next in
this fascinating free program fea-
turing Oregon historian Gregory
Nokes.
Florence Regional Arts
Alliance (FRAA) is offering a
free demo on calligraphy
titled “The Pride of Craft –
The Daily Gift of Your
Calligraphy.”
The demo is for anyone
interested learning this artis-
tic and professional writing
skill. The free demo will be
offered on Thursday, April 2,
from 1 to 2 p.m., at the FRAA
Art Center, 4969 Highway
101, Munsel Lake Plaza No.
4.
No preregistration is need-
ed for this demo.
Starting April 16, on-going
classes on this subject will be
offered for two hour seg-
ments, 1 to 3 p.m. Classes
will continue on April 30,
May 7, May 21 and June 4,
with students receiving “Tyro
Certificates” for graduation.
The instructor is Lawrence
Blakeslee. He is a native of
Minneapolis, Minn., and he
and his wife, Anne, have
lived in Florence for several
years.
Blakeslee is college edu-
cated, and has also earned
degrees from the American
Academy of Art and the
Beaux Artes in Europe.
He has practiced his art as
an illustrator, painter, typog-
rapher, calligrapher, sculptor,
designer and master engraver.
His main studio is called
Imagination’s Chamber.
Blakeslee has practiced his
art, taught and mentored
other professional artists, and
executed commission work
since 1952. His work is based
upon the engraving concept
expressed as “The Line of
Beauty.”
For more information on
this class or other classes and
workshops offered by FRAA,
visit www.fraaoregon.org.
Photography fundamentals
class being offered at LCC
Lane Community College
Florence Center is offering a
“FUNdamentals of Photogra-
phy” course this spring,
beginning Tuesday, April 7.
Classes will be each Tues-
day through April 28, and are
from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
This hands-on photography
course, taught by local award-
winning photographer Curt
Peters, includes both instruc-
tion and presentations in the
classroom and in the field,
with the instructor.
All four classes meet
at the college.
However, two of the ses-
sions will be held off-site to
take photos.
The class is for anyone who
would like to learn profes-
sional tips on lighting and
composition, while focusing
on the beauty of spring on the
Oregon Coast in and around
Florence.
For more information call
541-997-8444, register online
at www.lanecc.edu/florence
or stop by the school at 3149
Oak St.
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Join him for a special town
hall featuring selections from
some of Lincoln’s most moving
speeches, complete with an
opportunity for you to ask our
16th President some questions of
your own.
This is the first in a series of
free public programs for April
honoring the life of Abraham
Lincoln and the end of the Civil
War 150 years ago.
Free calligraphy demo for
upcoming FRAA class
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